Charities

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2009,  Official Report, column 1312W, on charities, how many  (a) charities and  (b) faith-based charities have applied for funding from the Government Equalities Office and been declined since 12 October 2007.

Maria Eagle: One of the 28 applications for support from the special fund for rape crisis centres was declined as the applicant did not meet all the eligibility criteria set out in my answer to PQ 251980, on 24 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 738-9W.
	No applications from faith-based charities have been received and declined.

Hospitality: Equality and Human Rights Commission

Paul Goodman: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how much the Equality and Human Rights Commission spent on entertainment of each type in 2008-09.

Maria Eagle: The Equality and Human Rights Commission has spent £6,151 on hospitality in 2009-09.

Travelling People

Bob Neill: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality in which planning cases relating to Travellers the Equality and Human Rights Commission has made an intervention since it was established.

Maria Eagle: The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has only intervened in the case of McCarthy and Others v Basildon District Council.
	The EHRC intervened in this particular appeal in order to advise on how the law in relation to race and disability discrimination should be applied in cases involving Gypsy and Travellers evictions. The EHRC offered guidance on how councils should come to these decisions to ensure they meet their legal obligations to go about such decisions in a fair and transparent way.

Jenny Watson

David Heath: To ask the honourable Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission what further information the Speaker's Committee has received about the outside interests of the Chairman of the Electoral Commission.

Peter Viggers: During the debate on 17 December 2008 on the Motion to appoint Jenny Watson as chairman of the Electoral Commission, I informed the House that Ms Watson had agreed to give up all her other paid appointments, with the exception of her role as a member of the board of the Audit Commission. Ms Watson has subsequently informed the Speaker's Committee that she wishes to retain another of her paid appointments, as a non-executive director of the Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP). WRAP is a publicly-funded company which works with businesses and consumers to encourage recycling.
	The Speaker's Committee has considered Ms Watson's request and has concluded that there is no conflict of interest. Neither, in the Committee's judgment, does Ms Watson's retention of her two non-executive roles impinge on her ability to fulfil her commitment to work three days a week as chairman of the Electoral Commission. Ms Watson works three days a month for the Audit Commission and a further two days a month for WRAP.

Roads: Accidents

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many  (a) males and  (b) females in each age group were (i) slightly and (ii) seriously injured whilst (A) crossing the road in and (B) taking part in a public demonstration in Parliament Square in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.

Jim Fitzpatrick: In 2007, two pedestrians were slightly injured in reported personal injury road accidents while crossing the road in Parliament Square—one male casualty in December and one female casualty in April. There was one seriously injured male casualty in January. All three casualties were adults aged 16 to 59 years old.
	Information on the number of collisions involving persons taking part in public demonstrations is not collected.

Roads: Accidents

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road accidents occurred in Parliament Square in each of the last 12 months; how many  (a) involved and  (b) were found to have been caused by persons taking part in public demonstrations opposite Carriage Gates; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The number of reported personal injury road accidents in 2007 that occurred in Parliament Square are given in the following table:
	
		
			   Injury accidents 
			 January 2 
			 February 0 
			 March 0 
			 April 3 
			 May 1 
			 June 3 
			 July 1 
			 August 0 
			 September 1 
			 October 0 
			 November 0 
			 December 1 
			   
			 Total 12 
		
	
	Information on the number of collisions involving or caused by persons taking part in public demonstrations opposite 'Carriage Gates' is not collected.

Roads: Lancashire

Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2008,  Official Report, column 23W, on roads: Lancashire, how many meetings his officials have held with Lancashire County Council officials about work supported by a road safety partnership grant not specific to the A59; where those meetings were held; and what decisions were made at those meetings.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The Department for Transport (DFT) awarded Lancashire county council a Road Safety Partnership Grant of £15,000 in May 2007 for the purpose of developing a web-based interactive road safety auditor's checklist, for use across the country.
	Relating to this, a DFT officer has met with Lancashire county council officers six times to monitor progress and to advise about the project. These meetings were held in Lancashire county council's offices in Preston.
	The award of a further partnership grant project involving Lancashire county council was announced on 4 March. There have been no meetings between officials and those of the county council about this work since it has been supported by partnership grant. However officials have met during the formulation of Lancashire's bid for funding support.

Rolling Stock

Bob Laxton: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the statement of 12 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 1531-3, on new trains (investment), where the assembly facility for the new rolling stock for the East Coast and Great Western main lines will be located; and whether it will be located in an area which attracts Government development grants.

Paul Clark: Agility Trains has indicated that the facility will be located in either Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Gateshead or Sheffield. Government grants are given out according to exacting criteria and Agility Trains will need to speak to the appropriate Regional Development Agency and to UK Trade and Investments in order to ascertain their ability to attract this type of support.

Rolling Stock

Bob Laxton: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the statement of 12 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 1531-3, on new trains (investment), how the 2,500 new direct jobs relating to the contract to supply new rolling stock for the East Coast and Great Western main lines will be allocated in terms of  (a) function and  (b) location.

Paul Clark: The following information has been provided by Agility Trains.
	300 staff will be employed in the UK developing the six new manufacturing/maintenance facilities. In addition, there will be 200 UK jobs created in the design, supplier management, testing and commissioning of the trains; 500 jobs with major UK suppliers; 1,000 jobs will be distributed around the new and existing train maintenance and servicing centres; and up to 500 new jobs created in the UK Hitachi manufacturing facility.
	Agility anticipates that the total of 2,500 jobs will be spread throughout the UK, which will lead to a total of 12,500 jobs created or safeguarded.

Rolling Stock

Bob Laxton: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the statement of 12 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 1531-3, on new trains (investment), where the design and engineering work to be carried out by Agility Trains for the new rolling stock for the East Coast and Great Western main lines is to be carried out in the first three years of the contract.

Paul Clark: Agility Trains expects the design and engineering work in the first three years of the contract to be split between the UK and Japan, with 50 UK-based design positions created from the point of contract award.

Rolling Stock

Bob Laxton: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the statement of 12 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 1531-3, on new trains (investment), what percentage of new trains for the East Coast and Great Western main lines will be built in Japan by  (a) value and  (b) component.

Paul Clark: Approximately the first 70 of the 1,400 vehicles will be built in Japan. This equates to 5 per cent. of the total. Agility is committed to spending nearly three quarters of the value of the order in the UK, and is currently in active discussions with 20 high-quality UK suppliers. As no contracts have yet been signed, the Department for Transport cannot provide a split by supplier value or component at this stage.

Rolling Stock

Bob Laxton: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the statement of 12 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 1531-3, on new trains (investment), whether he has estimated the level of carbon dioxide emissions likely to result from shipping the first 70 cars of rolling stock from Japan to the UK for the East Coast and Great Western main lines.

Paul Clark: No assessment has been made of carbon emissions likely to result from shipping the first 70 cars from Japan. Shipping is acknowledged as the most economical and environmentally friendly way of relocating goods worldwide, and the Government are committed to making the shipping sector even more environmentally friendly.

Vehicle Number Plates

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make it his policy to bring forward legislative proposals to legalise the display of national flags on number plates in Great Britain to take effect on 23 April 2009.

Jim Fitzpatrick: It is not possible to commit to a specific date at this point as the informal consultation has not concluded and the response from the European Commission Technical Committee is not expected until early March. The outcome from these will need to be considered before I am able to determine the exact time scale in which the legislation may take effect.

Somalia: Armed Conflict

Keith Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of allegations that Ethiopian troops have returned to Kalabeyrka in Somalia since the withdrawal of Ethiopian forces from the country in January 2009.

Gillian Merron: We are aware of media reporting of incursions by Ethiopian troops into Somalia since the withdrawal in January, including skirmishes with other forces. However, we have had no official confirmation.
	It is important at this stage in the Dijbouti process that President Sharif is offered the space by the international community to work towards reconciliation within Somalia. Outside actors should not take any action which has the potential to undermine this process.

Somalia: Internally Displaced Persons

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 26 January 2009,  Official Report, column 130W, on Somalia: armed conflict, what estimate he has made of the number of displaced people returning to Mogadishu following the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops in January 2009.

David Miliband: The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) estimates that between 25,000 and 40,000 internally displaced persons have returned to Mogadishu this year. The Ethiopian withdrawal in January is likely to have been a major spur for these returns, but we are unable to attribute precise figures to this.
	The new Somali Prime Minister has said that assisting the return of displaced Mogadishu residents will be one of the first priorities for his administration.

Sudan: Armed Conflict

Robert Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent steps his Department has taken to prevent attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army on Sudan.

Gillian Merron: The Governments of Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Southern Sudan are currently engaged in joint military action against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). We have urged all parties involved to fully respect international law, do all they can to minimise any adverse humanitarian impact and fully coordinate with the UN missions in the region. We have also called for the protection of local populations from LRA retaliatory attacks. Recent reporting suggests that the numbers of LRA attacks on civilians, which have mainly taken place in the DRC rather than Sudan, is diminishing, although it is unclear whether this is due to better civilian protection efforts, erosion of LRA capability or a change of LRA tactics.

Uganda: Armed Conflict

Robert Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department has taken to assist the Ugandan authorities to arrest the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony.

Gillian Merron: The UK has not been approached for, nor provided, support to the joint military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Government of Uganda have entered into regional agreements with the Governments of DRC, Southern Sudan and the Central African Republic to execute the three International Criminal Court arrest warrants against the LRA leaders. We welcome this increased regional cooperation between the Governments but urge all parties involved to fully respect international law and to do all they can to minimise the humanitarian impact and fully co-ordinate with the UN missions in the region.

Armed Forces: Housing

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much Modern Housing Solutions has paid in compensation to occupants of service family accommodation for  (a) significant defects,  (b) missed appointments and  (c) damage to property or personal injury in the last 12 months.

Kevan Jones: Under the terms of the Housing Prime Contract (HPC), Modem Housing Solutions (MHS) is not required to compensate occupants but does so voluntarily. The actual amounts and type of compensation paid is a private matter between MHS and the individuals concerned.
	However, the circumstances under which it is paid are set out on the Compensation page of the company's website at:
	http://www.modernhousingsolutions.com/customer/customer_compensation.asp
	Compensation to occupants does not absolve MHS of its contractual obligations to complete work to the standards required under the HPC.

EU Rapid Reaction Force

Andrew Murrison: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which units are assigned to  (a) NATO and  (b) the EU under the Headline Goals.

John Hutton: The Headline Goal is a term used to describe the EU Force Planning process. The UK does not assign units to the EU Headline Goal; the UK offer to the Headline Goal does not commit the UK to any action. Requests for forces to support EU operations are considered on a voluntary case-by-case basis. The UK declaration to the Headline Goal is used for planning purposes only, to determine the shortfalls against the Level of Ambition (LOA) in order to focus capability development. The UK's full contribution to the Headline Goal 2010 is detailed in the UK's 2006 Headline Goal Questionnaire, which we placed in the Library of the House on 22 June 2007.
	NATO has a different LOA to the EU and operates a separate Force Planning process. The UK declaration to the NATO LOA is similarly used for planning purposes only and does not commit the UK to any action in NATO operations.

Children: Databases

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 26 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 1068-9W, on children: databases, what assessment he has made of the merits of enabling ContactPoint to match variant spellings of surnames.

Beverley Hughes: ContactPoint uses phonetic matching and alternatives for surnames in the same way as it does for forenames. It will also consider matches of surname against forenames. This enables ContactPoint to cater for situations where surname and forenames are interchangeable and could be incorrectly ordered, e.g. James Thomas, Thomas James.

Departmental Disciplinary Proceedings

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 23 February 2009,  Official Report, column 443W, on departmental disciplinary proceedings, how many cases of bullying and harassment in his Department have been  (a) formally investigated and  (b) referred for mediation in the last three years.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Since the answer given on 23 February 2009,  Official Report, column 443W, there have been no cases of bullying and harassment in the Department that have been formally investigated or referred for mediation in the last three years.

Carer's Allowance

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Cardiff Central,  Official Report, column 849W, on carer's allowance, if he will allocate resources to producing the estimates requested in the Question.

Jonathan R Shaw: We have no current plans to make such estimates.

Departmental Public Expenditure

Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 2 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 855-6W, on public expenditure, how much his Department's year-end stock of money, net of stock drawn down to fund in-year spend, was in each year since 2002; and what his estimate is for this figure at the end of 2008-09.

Jonathan R Shaw: The Department for Work and Pensions' year-end stock of money not spent in earlier years since 2002 is shown in the following table:
	
		
			   Year-end stock of money not spent (£000) 
			 2002-03 1,394,874 
			 2003-04 917,664 
			 2004-05 692,893 
			 2005-06 594,027 
			 2006-07 795,943 
			 2007-08 800,883 
		
	
	The year-end stock of money not spent in earlier years is calculated net of stock drawn down to fund in year spend and includes additional stock generated in year.
	The stock of money not spent (commonly referred to as end of year flexibility) is determined at the end of each financial year in conjunction with HM Treasury and is published in the Public Expenditure Outturn White Paper (PEOWP).
	As part of the pre-Budget report 2008 the Department was provided with funding to support the impact of the economic downturn in 2009-10 and 2010-11. The Department agreed to contribute its end of year flexibility stock towards this additional funding.
	It is therefore expected that there will be no remaining stock of money at the end of 2008-09.

Employment

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 24 October 2007,  Official Report, columns 283-4W, how many of the 300,000 new jobs expected under company agreements had been created at the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

Tony McNulty: Through Local Employment Partnerships, Jobcentre Plus and its partners work to enable employers to recruit disadvantaged jobless people in greater numbers. More than 100,000 people have already been helped into work through Local Employment Partnerships.

Members: Correspondence

John Barrett: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 25 February 2009,  Official Report, column 787W, if he will direct his Department to send copies of the responses to the hon. Member for Edinburgh West's letters on behalf of his constituent Joe Shepherd to the hon. Member's constituency office.

Jonathan R Shaw: Copies of both letters were e-mailed to the hon. Member's constituency office on 4 March 2009. Copies were also sent in the post on the same day.

Remploy

Annette Brooke: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent discussions he has had with representatives of Remploy on their future plans; and if he will make a statement.

Jonathan R Shaw: Ministers have regular dialogue with Remploy about progress in delivering their modernisation plan and their future strategy. In particular, the Minister for Disabled People is working very closely with Remploy on the implementation of their modernisation plan. This includes chairing a cross-government ministerial group on public procurement.

Winter Fuel Payments

Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 
	(1)  what steps he is taking to increase the take up of the Winter Fuel Allowance, with particular reference to men aged between 60 and 65 years;
	(2)  how many people in Newport West constituency  (a) were eligible to claim and  (b) claimed the Winter Fuel Allowance in 2007-08.

Rosie Winterton: The vast majority of winter fuel payments are made automatically based on information held in DWP records, without the need to claim. A small proportion of people whose circumstances we do not know, because they are not on state pension or other benefits administered by DWP, do need to make a claim so that their eligibility can be assessed.
	For people newly eligible and not in receipt of a benefit administered by DWP, for example men aged 60 to 65 who are in work, we can only determine eligibility once they have submitted the relevant information on a claim form. We send claim forms to customers approaching 60 who we have identified as becoming potentially newly eligible from DWP records, but are not at that time in receipt of state pension.
	To raise awareness of eligibility of winter fuel payments and, where appropriate, the need to make a claim each year, we run an extensive advertising campaign and series of press releases in regional and national newspapers. We also make reference to winter fuel payments in government leaflets. The claim form is available on the Pension Service website, with full details available on the Direct Gov internet site.
	It is therefore not possible to say how many people may be eligible for a winter fuel payment and are not receiving it. We can only assess eligibility for those people who are in contact with the Department and whose circumstances are known to us.
	In winter 2006-07, the last year for which figures are available, 16,720 people in the Newport, West constituency received a winter fuel payment.

Maternity Services: Finance

Anne Milton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009,  Official Report, column 235W, on maternity services: finance, what arrangements his Department has put in place to ensure that funds allocated to primary care trusts under payment by results for the delivery of maternity care are spent on the provision of maternity care.

Ann Keen: The payment by results system does not inform the allocation of funds to primary care trusts (PCTs). Payment by results is the mechanism through which providers are paid by PCTs for a range of services, including maternity that fall within the scope of the national mandatory tariff.
	It is for the national health service trusts to deploy this funding in line with national and local priorities and local plans. Maternity services are identified as a priority in the 2009-10 NHS Operating Framework.
	All strategic health authorities (SHAs) have already set out plans to improve maternity services as part of the NHS Next Stage Review. PCTs are working with trusts to deliver these plans and SHAs will be holding PCTs to account for delivering their plans.

Nutrition

Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 18 December 2007,  Official Report, column 1396W, on nutrition, what codes his Department used in collating the information provided in the answer.

Dawn Primarolo: In the previous answer, malnutrition is classified between the ICD-10 codes E40-E46 and 025. The codes are set out as follows.
	E40 Kwashiorkor
	E41 Nutritional marasmus
	E42 Marasmic kwashiorkor
	E43 Unspecified severe protein-energy malnutrition
	E44 Protein-energy malnutrition of moderate and mild degree
	E45 Retarded development following protein-energy malnutrition
	E46 Unspecified protein-energy malnutrition
	Also:
	025 Malnutrition in pregnancy
	 Nutritional Anaemia :
	D50 Iron Deficiency anaemias
	D51 Vitamin B12 deficiency anaemias
	D52 Folate deficiency anaemias
	D53 Other nutritional anaemias
	 Other  n utritional deficiencies :
	E50 Vitamin A deficiency
	E51 Thiamine deficiency
	E52 Niacin deficiency
	E53 Deficiency of other group B vitamins
	E54 Ascorbic acid deficiency
	E55 Vitamin D deficiency
	E56 Other vitamin deficiencies
	E58 Dietary calcium deficiency
	E59 Dietary selenium deficiency
	E60 Dietary zinc deficiency
	E61 Deficiency of other nutritional elements
	E63 Other nutritional deficiencies

Agriculture: Subsidies

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been paid in agri-monetary compensation in the county of Hertfordshire since 9 January 2002.

Jane Kennedy: Unfortunately the data required to provide payment information for earlier years are not held in a form that is easily accessible, and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Animal Welfare: Charities

James Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many animal welfare charities based in the UK have received funds from the public purse in each of the last five years; and how much was awarded to each.

Jane Kennedy: It is not general Government policy to provide funding to animal welfare charities. However, DEFRA had a signed agreement to provide funding of £75,000 to the Companion Animal Welfare Council via the Welfare Fund for Companion Animals. The agreement was for the period 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2008. The money was allocated in three annual payments of £25,000 each in the three consecutive financial years 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08. This covers England only, and not the devolved administrations.

Horses

James Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 3 February 2009,  Official Report, column 1082W, on horses, in what percentage of the samples taken from horses entering the UK evidence of inappropriate usage of veterinary medicinal products has been found in the last 12 months.

Jane Kennedy: Samples are taken from a small number of horses entering the food chain. These are taken as part of the UK statutory surveillance programme checking the appropriate use of veterinary medicinal products in accordance with EU legislation. It is a requirement that the sampling officers target animals which they believe may have been recently treated, and which therefore may contain concentrations of authorised veterinary medicines above the maximum residue limit, or treated with an unauthorised substance.
	Horses are not tested when they enter the UK. However, some horses selected for sampling under the Veterinary Medicines Directorate's (VMD) surveillance programme may have come from another country.
	In 2008, 105 horses submitted for slaughter for human consumption were sampled. 13 of the samples tested were from horses that originated from outside the UK. Three of the 105 samples tested revealed non-compliant residues of a veterinary medicinal product which should not have been present in horses presented for the food chain. All three were from horses submitted from within the UK.
	As indicated in the earlier answer, the VMD requires investigations to be carried out into non-compliant samples.

Horses

James Gray: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 3 February 2009,  Official Report, column 1082W, on horses, what percentage of abattoirs in England slaughter horses for human consumption.

Jane Kennedy: There are 373 approved slaughterhouses in England, Scotland and Wales. Of these, two are licensed to process horses for human consumption, which is 0.54 per cent. of the total.

Waste and Resources Action Programme

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 
	(1)  with reference to the answer of 4 November 2008,  Official Report, column 401W, on the Waste and Resources Action Programme, what assessment the Waste and Resources Action Programme has made of the effectiveness of using Chelgate to improve engagement outside its established stakeholder group;
	(2)  what  (a) reports and  (b) written briefing documents Chelgate produced for the Waste and Resources Action Programme as part of its engagement exercise.

Jane Kennedy: I refer the hon. Member to the answers given to the hon. Member for Beckenham (Mrs. Lait) on 9 October 2008, to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst on 4 and 17 November 2008 and to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield (Grant Shapps) on 19 November 2008.
	The requested data concerns the detailed operational activities of the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), and is not therefore held by DEFRA. I understand that the chief executive of WRAP has offered to meet the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst to discuss any issues of concern to him, and I would encourage him to take up that offer.

Waste Disposal: Fees and Charges

Eric Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the answer of 21 July 2008,  Official Report, columns 757-58W, on waste disposal: fees and charges, if he will place in the Library a copy of the dataset and background research obtained by his Department on the distributional impacts of waste charging in Flanders.

Jane Kennedy: DEFRA purchased data on the distributional impacts of waste charging in Flanders. This was used to inform the Impact Assessment of powers to pilot local authority incentives for household waste minimisation and recycling. The Impact Assessment was published on 15 November 2008 and is available on DEFRA's website.

Adoption: Appeals

John Hemming: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice for what reasons the judgment for refusal of permission to appeal on 22 October 2008 in the case of Rachel Pullen (case number NG07C02187) has not been provided to the appellant; and when he expects to receive a copy of the judgment for the purposes of the European Court of Human Rights.

Bridget Prentice: The provision of judgments in individual cases is a matter for the judiciary, who are independent of Government.

Mentally Disturbed Offenders

Edward Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2008,  Official Report, column 474W, on the Bradley Review, what date he has set for the publication of Lord Bradley's Review.

David Hanson: I refer the hon. Member to my answer to him on 3 March 2009, Official Report, column l507W.
	The Government expect to be able to publish Lord Bradley's report, along with the response, before the end of April 2009.

Offenders: Castle Point

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many  (a) prisoners on early release and  (b) people currently on bail and not living at their previous home are (i) housed and (ii) planned to be housed in Castle Point.

David Hanson: The information requested could not be provided except at disproportionate cost. Data on release addresses is not collected for defendants released on bail nor for all of those prisoners serving sentences of under 12 months. If the hon. Member is referring to the Bail and Accommodation Support Service for those released on bail or on Home Detention Curfew I can advise that there are still no properties in Castle Point and no plans to provide any there.

Passports: Interviews

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many interviews at passport centres had resulted in the refusal of a passport as at 31 January 2009.

Meg Hillier: The interview is one part of the process of confirming the identity of first time adult passport applicants and one of the main purposes of the process is to deter anyone from making a false application for a passport. At 31 January 2009, the Identity and Passport Service had closed 87 cases without issuing a passport after the applicant had failed an identity interview. At present 107 other cases are being investigated following failure to establish identity at interview.

Community Relations: Religion

John Hemming: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 26 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 1041-42W, on community relations: religion, what guidance her Department issued in 2008 on the amount available in round one of the Faiths in Action programme administered by the Community Development Fund; what mechanisms her Department used to make funding allocations in accordance with guidance; how the funding originally announced has been allocated; and if she will make a statement.

Sadiq Khan: The guidance issued by the Community Development Foundation and my Department in July 2008 confirmed the total amount available for the Faiths in Action programme (£4 million) and the maximum grant size for Round One—£12,000, to be spent over two years. This has not changed. A total of £2.4 million is available in Round One: £600,000 in 2009-10 and £1.8 million in 2010-11. We are currently considering Round One applications with the fund administrator and expect to announce the successful projects in the spring.

Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 2 March 2009,  Official Report, column 1227W, on Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund, what groups, causes or organisations the Community Development Foundation has funded using public funds other than those allocated to the Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund programme rounds; and how much was given to each.

Sadiq Khan: The information requested has been deposited in the Library.

Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 2 March 2009,  Official Report, column 1227W, on Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund, which other groups, causes or organisations were funded in each round of the Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund programme; and how much was given to each.

Sadiq Khan: The information requested has been deposited in the Library.

Joint Economic Commissions

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer to Lord Greaves of 23 February 2009,  Official Report,  House of Lords, column 26WA, on the Joint Economic Commission, in which other Government Office regions in England joint economic commissions have been established.

Sadiq Khan: Economic Commissions have been established in all 9 regions, East Midlands Regional Economic Cabinet, Yorkshire and the Humber Economic Delivery Group West Midlands Regional Task Force, East of England Regional Economic Forum, South East Economic Delivery Council, North East Public Sector Economy Forum, South West Regional Economic Task Group, London High Level Group on London Economy and the North West Joint Economic Commission.

Local Government Services: Religion

Evan Harris: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to her speech to the Evangelical Alliance of 5 February 2009, what her policy is on permitting faith organisations delivering public services to  (a) discriminate in employing service providers,  (b) discriminate against service users and (c) proselytise.

Sadiq Khan: Any bodies in receipt of public funding in order to provide a service should provide that service in accordance with all relevant equality legislation.
	In order to help faith-based organisations demonstrate that they will fulfil this requirement, and will not use public funds for the purpose of worship or proselytisation, we have said that we intend to work with faith communities to create a Charter of Excellence which faith-based organisations will be able to sign in order to give assurance to funding providers. The current legislative position is covered by part 2 of the Equality Act 2006, and while we do not intend to bring forward any new legislative proposals, the main provisions of the 2006 Act are to be replicated in the forthcoming Equality Bill.

Departmental Absenteeism

Lee Scott: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many staff of his Department were recorded absent for non-medical reasons on  (a) 2 February 2009 and  (b) 3 February 2009; what estimate he has made of the (i) cost to his Department and (ii) number of working hours lost as a result of such absence; and what guidance his Department issued to staff in respect of absence on those days.

Paul Murphy: The following number of Wales Office staff were absent from work for non-medical reasons:
	 (a) 24
	 (b) 9
	While there was clearly a cost to the Department, no estimate as to the exact cost has been made, however based on a standard working day, if reckoned in full, this would have amounted to 238 working hours. The Department was not closed and the majority of staff managed to attend. A number of others were able to work remotely.
	Staff were advised to attempt to attend if at all possible, but not to take unnecessary risks or put themselves in danger.

Office for Renewable Energy Deployment

Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the budget of the Office for the Renewable Energy Deployment is in 2008-09, broken down by budget heading.

Mike O'Brien: holding answer 4 March 2009
	As the ORED will be established as the Renewable Energy Strategy (RES) and finalised in the spring, it does not have a budget for 2008-09. The ORED's budget for 2009-10 is currently subject to the business planning round process in the Department.

Bradford and Bingley

Philip Davies: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects the Bradford and Bingley Business Plan to be  (a) finalised and  (b) published.

Ian Pearson: The business plan will be completed by the end of March and a summary version will be published on Bradford and Bingley's website shortly afterwards.

Departmental Correspondence

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many letters to his Department had not been replied to within 28 days as at 12 February 2009.

Angela Eagle: This information is not held in the form requested.

Government Departments: Procurement

Mark Pritchard: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidance his Department issues to other Government departments on the consideration of the human rights records of contractors in relation to decisions on bids for procurement contracts.

Angela Eagle: All public procurement is subject to the principles of the EC treaty and the UK Public Contracts Regulations 2006, which implement the EC Public Procurement Directives.

Tax Havens

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made in the review of the British offshore financial centres announced in the last Pre-Budget Report.

Ian Pearson: The independent review of British offshore financial centres will publish an interim report in time for the Budget in April 2009. The interim report will outline the key themes of the review, which will form the basis for consultation with interested parties.

Departmental Marketing

Owen Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 5 February 2009,  Official Report, column 1415W, on departmental marketing, which advertising campaigns that were  (a) launched and  (b) maintained in 2007-08; and what the cost of each was.

Shaun Woodward: The Northern Ireland Office is unable to provide a breakdown in the format requested however the following table illustrates the major expenditure relating to advertising by the Northern Ireland Office, excluding its Agencies and Executive NDPBs:
	
		
			  Advertising Campaign  2007-08 Expenditure (£) 
			 Theft from Vehicles campaign 63,492 
			 Unknown Callers campaign 50,199 
			 Howsecureismyhome Website 88,233 
			 Firearms Team Fireworks campaign 20,000 
			 2007 Fireworks Safety campaign 173,312 
			 Public Appointment of Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland 76,157 
			 Public Appointments for Equality Commission 24,214 
			 Counterfeit Goods Christmas campaign 28,654 
			 Extortion campaign 5,029 
			 Public Prosecution Service Recruitment campaign 20,385 
		
	
	Some of these figures may also include crime prevention initiative costs which are not part of the original advertising costs quoted in the answer of 5 February 2009,  Official Report, column 1415W.
	Campaigns such as the Fireworks Safety Campaign have had a positive effect in reducing incidents of accidents involving fireworks. In 2006 there were 69 injuries; in 2008 there were 32 injuries.
	The Howsecureismyhome website is part of the government's effort to reduce the numbers of households which fall victims to burglaries—down by 24.6 per cent. from 9064 in 2001-02 to 6831 in 2006-07.
	All campaigns subject to evaluation to deliver best value.

Members: Correspondence

Michael Spicer: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communications, Technology and Broadcasting plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 3 February 2009 on noise limits for musical performances.

Gerry Sutcliffe: A response has been sent to the hon. Member today 6 March 2009.

Stonehenge: Olympic Games 2012

Tobias Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans he has for a temporary tourism facility at Stonehenge during the London 2012 Olympics.

Barbara Follett: holding answer 4 March 2009
	  The Government have stated their commitment to delivering environmental improvements at Stonehenge, including new visitor centre facilities by 2012. To this end, the Stonehenge Project Board has recommended to Ministers a location for the new visitor centre, following a public consultation. I am currently considering the recommendation and an announcement will be made in due course.

Overseas Aid: Finance

Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the Government response to the International Development Committee's Report on HIV/AIDS and his Department's New Strategy, HC 235, what the Government's imputed share of core contributions to multilateral organisations was in the last 12 months, broken down by recipient organisation.

Ivan Lewis: The Department for International Development's (DFID) imputed share of multilateral expenditure on health systems in 2007-08 are reproduced as follows.
	
		
			  DFID imputed share of multilateral ODA to the health sector, 2007-08 
			  (£000) 
			  Multilateral organisation  Percentage of health spending (2007 values)  Imputed DFID share of health spending (2007-08) 
			 European Commission 3.7 32,000 
			 World Bank (International Development Association) 6.2 30,662 
			 African Development Fund 1.5 923 
			 Asian Development Fund 2.8 790 
			 UNAIDS 100.0 19,000 
			 UNICEF 45.6 11,861 
			 World Health Organisation 100.0 5,500 
			 UN Population Fund 100.0 20,000 
			 UNDP 3.2 1,983 
			 General budget support provided through multilateral organisations(1) — 26,875 
			 Total — 149,594 
			 (1) 15 per cent. of general budget support is assumed to fund health systems.

Overseas Aid: Finance

Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of his Department's  (a) funding contributions in the last 12 months and  (b) planned funding contributions in the period up to 2015 to multilateral organisations will form part of the Government's £6 billion spending commitment on health systems strengthening.

Michael Foster: In 2007-08 the Department for International Development's (DFID) multilateral contributions accounted for 20 per cent. of total spending on health systems. No formal projections for the remaining period to 2015 have been made. More information on DFID's overall funding of multilateral organisations to 2010-11 was laid out in DFID's Annual Report 2008. A copy of this publication is available in the Library or online at www.dfid.gov.uk. Future decisions on health systems funding will consider the most appropriate split between bilateral and multilateral channels to deliver the optimal development outcomes without compromising the overall spending commitment.

Overseas Aid: Finance

Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate his Department has made of its imputed share of core contributions to each multilateral organisation which it funds in each year up to 2015.

Michael Foster: No formal projections for the period up to 2015 have been made. More information on DFID's overall funding to multilateral organisations up to 2010-11 was laid out in DFID's Annual Report 2008. A copy of this publication is available from the Library or online at
	www.dfid.gov.uk.

St Helena: Airports

Brian Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development when he expects to make a final decision on the construction of an airport on St Helena; and if he will make a statement.

Michael Foster: We are reviewing whether it is right to proceed with this project in the present difficult economic climate. We will announce the outcome of our considerations just as soon as we are able to.

St Helena: Airports

Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what research his Department has undertaken into the  (a) economic,  (b) financial and  (c) social consequences for St Helena of a decision not to proceed with the construction of an airport on St Helena; and what the nugatory costs to the public purse of such a decision would be.

Michael Foster: The 2005 Feasibility Study, which is in the public domain, examined the economic, financial and social consequences of both sea and air access.

National Income

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer of 14 January 2009,  Official Report, column 748W, on national income, what proportion of growth in UK gross domestic product came from growth in the financial services and banking sectors in each year from 1997 to 2007.

Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
	 Letter from Karen Dunnell:
	As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the proportion of growth to which Financial Services contributes to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) between 1997 and 2007. (260101)
	When assessing industry percentages to total production it is more appropriate to assess against Total Gross Value Added (GVA) than GDP. This is because GDP equals GVA plus unallocated taxes and subsidies such as VAT which are not able to be allocated to industry production.
	In chained volume GVA basic price terms (see footnote for definitions) for the calendar years 1997 to 2007 Total Financial Intermediation (which includes banking, insurance, pension funding and financial auxiliaries) contribution to Total GVA is provided in Table 1. A further breakdown is also provided which gives the contributions of the three components of Total Financial Intermediation.
	
		
			  Table 1 
			  Percentage 
			   Contributions to GVA Total all industries  GVA at basic prices: chain volume index movements 
			  Name  Financial intermediation except insurance and pension funding  Insurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security  Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation  Financial intermediation (total)  Total all industries 
			 SIC Div 65 Div 66 Div 67 Div 65-67  
			  Calendar year  
			 1994  
			 1995 0.09 0.00 -0.01 0.08 2.7 
			 1996 0.11 0.10 0.04 0.25 2.8 
			 1997 0.19 0.05 0.02 0.27 3.3 
			 1998 0.26 0.01 0.00 0.28 3.8 
			 1999 0.34 -0.03 -0.04 0.26 3.6 
			 2000 0.23 -0.01 0.04 0.26 3.9 
			 2001 0.16 -0.02 0.07 0.21 2.2 
			 2002 0.19 -0.01 0.04 0.22 1.8 
			 2003 0.38 0.01 0.06 0.45 2.9 
			 2004 0.32 -0.05 0.03 0.29 2.7 
			 2005 0.32 -0.02 0.05 0.35 2.1 
			 2006 0.36 0.08 0.14 0.58 2.9 
			 2007 0.43 -0.03 0.26 0.66 3.0

Public Houses

Nigel Evans: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people were employed in the  (a) brewing and  (b) public house sectors in each year since 1998.

Kevin Brennan: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
	 Letter from Karen Dunnell:
	As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking how many people were employed in the  (a) brewing and  (b) public house sectors in each year since 1998. (260494)
	The available information for people aged 16 and over is provided in the attached table.
	The estimates are derived from the Labour Force Survey (LFS). These estimates are based on the respondents' views about the organisation for which they work.
	As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
	The figures have been derived from the LFS microdata which are weighted using the official population estimates published in autumn 2007. Consequently the 2008 estimate is not entirely consistent with the figures published in the monthly Labour Market Statistics First Release, which are weighted using more up-to-date population estimates.
	
		
			  People aged 16 and over in employment by industry—Three month period ending December, 1998 to 2008, United Kingdom, not seasonally adjusted 
			  Thousand 
			   Brewing( 1)  Public house( 2) 
			 1998 45 256 
			 1999 39 254 
			 2000 34 232 
			 2001 29 241 
			 2002 32 253 
			 2003 34 244 
			 2004 34 262 
			 2005 23 252 
			 2006 23 252 
			 2007 27 263 
			 2008' ***24 **211 
			 (1 )Comprises Standard Industrial Classification (92)—15960 Manufacture of beer. (2 )Comprises Standard Industrial Classification (92)—55402 Public houses and bars. (3 )Coefficients of Variation have been calculated for the latest period as an indication of the quality of the estimates, as described as follows:  Guide to quality: The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of an estimate, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV—for example, for an estimate of 200 with a CV of 5 per cent. we would expect the population total to be within the range 180-220.  Key Coefficient of Variation (CV) (%) Statistical robustness  * 0 [le] CV <5 Estimates are considered precise. ** 5 [le] CV <10 Estimates are considered reasonably precise. *** 10 [le] CV < 20 Estimates are considered acceptable. **** CV ≥ 20 Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes.  Note: It should be noted that the above estimates exclude people in most types of communal establishment (eg hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites etc.)   Source:  Labour Force Survey.